Credit Recovery Teacher

About the Role

Title: Credit Recovery Teacher

Location: US - TX - Remote

US - TX - Denton

US - OK - Remote

US - NM - Remote

US - LA - Remote

US - AR - Remote

Job Description:

Job Description

Required Certificates and Licenses: Any Teaching Certificate with High School grade bans, preferred English

Residency Requirements: Preferred Texas.

Summary: This position is funded by State Compensatory Education funds. The Credit Recovery Teacher is a highly qualified, state certified educator responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment. Teachers provide instruction, support, and guidance, manage the learning process, and focus on students' individual needs. Teachers monitor student progress through Stride K12's learning management system. They actively work closely with students and parents/learning coaches to advance each student's learning toward established goals. Teachers typically work from home but must travel occasionally throughout the year to various school functions, such as state testing or as otherwise required by the school.

Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Provides rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students

• Commitment to personalizing learning for all students

• Demonstrates a belief in all students' ability to succeed and meet high expectations

• Differentiates instruction based on student level of mastery

• Augments course content according to prescribed policies and procedures using appropriate asynchronous and synchronous tools under guidance from principal and coach

• Maintains grade book ensuring student academic integrity, makes student placement and promotion decisions, and alerts administrators to concerns about student performance and progress

• Prepares students for high stakes standardized tests

• Understands that a primary responsibility is to establish and maintain positive rapport with families and regularly communicates with and responds to students and learning coaches/parents in a timely manner

• Supports learning coaches/parents with student curricular and instructional issues, as well as basic troubleshooting in a virtual classroom environment that is in line with academy policies and procedures

• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to attend face-to-face professional development, and/or as required by the school.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree AND

• Active state teaching license AND

• Ability to clear required background check

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to work collaboratively with other teachers to interpret and produce numeric, tabular, and graphic representations of student data, and use it to drive instructional decisions

• Receptive to receiving coaching on a regular basis with administrators and teacher trainers

• Ability to embrace change and adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes

• Pedagogical knowledge of content being taught and ability to apply critical thinking

• Knowledge of state content standards and ability to align those with the K12 curriculum

• Ability to problem solve independently and have a high level of organization

• Understanding of interdependency of deadlines on multiple projects and able to act to preserve integrity on other people's deadlines

• Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week

• Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or as defined by the school

• Access to reliable high-speed internet

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word; PowerPoint;

• Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies and teaching platforms

• Ability to maintain teacher certification/professional development hours and fluency in K12 systems, programs and curriculum

Desired Qualifications:

• English Language Learner Certification

• Gifted and Talented Certification

• Experience working with proposed age group

• Experience supporting adults and children in the use of technology

• Experience working in a virtual environment

• Experience teaching in an online (virtual) and/or in a brick and mortar environment

• Experience with Blackboard Collaborative, Newrow, or other online platforms

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This is a home-based position with some travel requirements.

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

Job Type

Regular

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting [email protected].

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.